Missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses of environmental toxicant exposure: The psychiatry of toxic exposure and multiple chemical sensitivity

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 659-670

  Hartman, D E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; MERCURY; TOXIN;

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW SUIT; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031671072     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70030-7     Document Type: Article

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